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Ikea has unveiled furniture and homeware made from recycled wood, plastic and glass as part of its latest PS collection aimed at young urban dwellers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: the launch of the Pokémon Go augmented reality video game changed the way players interacted with cities and buildings, and brands began releasing products to help players "catch 'em all". (more…) View the full article

An industrial robot has tattooed a person's leg for what the designers claim is the first time in history (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

London Design Biennale 2016: Viennese design duo Mischer'Traxler has created a mobile-like light installation for the Austrian contribution to London's first design biennale (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

EU students are deferring or cancelling their offers from UK design schools over Brexit with major implications for the future of the sector, according to London Design Festival co-founder and UAL governor Ben Evans. (more…) View the full article

Instead of chopping down a tall tree in the middle of a Los Angeles site, American studio Anonymous Architects incorporated it into this cantilevered cedar-clad residence. Read more View the full article

Haworth white papers: higher education institutes around the world are undergoing radical change as they swap old-fashioned lecture rooms for flexible learning spaces, according to an expert in educational environments. Read more View the full article

American artist Doug Aitken has built a small house-shaped structure, clad top-to-bottom in mirrors, in the desert outside Palm Springs. Read more View the full article

This week's Dezeen Mail features flat-pack bamboo furniture by German designer Stefan Diez and a conceptual looped skyscraper in New York from local studio Oiio. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail › View the full article

David Chipperfield's renovation of the Royal Academy of Arts in London will now include a permanent exhibition space for architecture thanks to a seven-figure donation, it was announced today. Read more View the full article

Belgian designer Alain Gilles looked to the world of cycling when designing this lounge chair, which incorporates a tubular metal frame and customisable elements. Read more View the full article

London agency Spacemakers has brought together design studio Silo and a group of young people to create a range of public seating. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Ceramics brand Mutina have teamed up with Dutch designer Hella Jongerius to produce a range of tonal tiles. Read more View the full article

A skylight that runs along the ridge of this stables near the Chilean capital of Santiago allows daylight to flood onto laminated-timber trusses that support its curved ceiling. Read more View the full article

Thomas Heatherwick's studio has completed a shopping centre at London's King's Cross, formed of two converted 19th-century coal warehouses that appear to reach out and touch one another. Read more View the full article

Lacime Architects based the layout of Shimao Longyin Leisure Centre, in China, around a series of classical Chinese gardens to create serene outdoor circulation areas. Read more

In our latest competition, we've teamed up with The Distillery hotel in London to offer readers the chance to win a two-night stay and a meal for two, as well as the chance to make their own gin. Read more

Architecture firm BIG has unveiled a proposal to overhaul a portion of New York City's Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, known as the BQE, with a public park that covers a subterranean roadway. Read more

All eyes should be on China in the race to develop smart cities, says architect Carlo Ratti, who is co-curating this year's Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture in Shenzhen. Read more

A giant ombre wall divider that rotates to create a mirrored surface features in a new collection based on circular forms that marks the fifth anniversary of Brussels' Maniera gallery. Read more

The latest Dezeen competition offers readers the chance to win a Capas rug designed by Mathias Hahn for Nanimarquina. Read more

Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to build a timber boathouse on Manhattan's Harlem River for a non-profit that teaches local teens to row. Read more

Architects Eduard Balcells, Ignasi Rius and Daniel Tigges have designed a wood-clad concrete kindergarten for the El Tiller Waldorf-Steiner School in Bellaterra, Spain. Read more

A glazed terminal building at Marseille Provence Airport designed by Foster + Partners has come under fire from France's environmental authorities over fears it could hinder France's target to be carbon-neutral by 2050. Read more

Industrial design studio PriestmanGoode swaps single-use plastic for ground coffee beans and rice husk in its overhaul of throwaway cabin service goods from meal trays to toiletries. Read more